Which is cheaper, ACYB or MPDY?

ACYB charges 0.75% a year and MPDY charges 0.70%, so MPDY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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ACYB vs MPDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+7.3 pts

1 month to Nov 12, 2026: ACYB ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.05 pts

A year: ACYB 0.75%, MPDY 0.70%, per filings dated Aug 7, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026

Overlap

–

No book read for both funds

Net flow

–

Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

MPDY costs 0.05 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ACYB vs MPDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ACYB	MPDY
Paid and earned
Measure	ACYB	MPDY
Price change	fell 0.6% (since Oct 7, 2026)	fell 11.2% (since Aug 12, 2026)
Cost and size
Measure	ACYB	MPDY
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.70%
Net assets	$4.0m	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Measure	ACYB	MPDY
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Key numbers

0.0%

ACYB cash paid, since launch, Oct 7, 2026

2.3%

MPDY cash paid, since launch, Aug 12, 2026

−0.6%

ACYB total return, since launch, Oct 7, 2026

−9.1%

MPDY total return, since launch, Aug 12, 2026

ACYB · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured

ACYB

−0.6%

none

Not measured

ACYB since launch: paid 0.0%, price −0.6%, total −0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ACYB

−0.6%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

ACYB since launch: paid 0.0%, price −0.6%, total −0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ACYB

−0.6%

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACYB since launch: paid 0.0%, price −0.6%, total −0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MPDY · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured

MPDY

−9.1%

none

Not measured

MPDY since launch: paid 2.3%, price −11.2%, total −9.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MPDY

−9.1%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

MPDY since launch: paid 2.3%, price −11.2%, total −9.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MPDY

−9.1%

2.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MPDY since launch: paid 2.3%, price −11.2%, total −9.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

ACYB FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Buffer & Resilient Income ETF · Autocallable MPDY m+ DualYield Autocall ETF · Autocallable

Issuer First Trust m+

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark not set not set

Pays not established not established

Payout rate, annualized not published 13.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.70%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch, Oct 7, 2026) 2.3% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Oct 7, 2026) −11.2% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)

Total return, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Oct 7, 2026) −9.1% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published

Ahead or behind not available not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 36 days 92 days

Net assets $4.0m not read by ETFIQ

As of Nov 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: ACYB vs MPDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYB	MPDY	ACYB	MPDY	ACYB	MPDY
3 months	–	−10.3%	–	2.3%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: ACYB Oct 2026 · MPDY Aug 2026	−0.6%	−9.1%	0.0%	2.3%	not measured	not measured

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About each fund

ACYB

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 7, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, ACYB paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%.

MPDY

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, MPDY paid 2.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 11.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −9.1%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYB or MPDY?: ACYB charges 0.75% a year and MPDY charges 0.70%, so MPDY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ACYB on its own →MPDY on its own →ACYB holdings →MPDY dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ACYB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACYB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ACYB ↗

MPDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MPDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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ACYB and MPDY

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 month.

ACYB −1.1%MPDY −8.4%

Oct 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

ACYB −1.1%, MPDY −8.4%: ACYB +7.3 pts ahead, 1 month, Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.